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STRESS-BUSTER. Graduate student Amy Stanton enjoys a massage from licensed massage therapist Shelly Hain in the Wellness Education Services office in the Student Union. Students, faculty and staff can sign up for massages by calling 645-2837, ext. 4. (Photo: Donna Longenecker)

Leslie Fiedler dies at 85

Leslie Fiedler, UB professor emeritus and one of America's foremost literary and cultural theorists of the last century, died yesterday in his North Buffalo home. » Full Story

FSEC OKs revised probation policy

The proposed policy would differentiate between students who are failing and those who haven't declared a major. » Full Story

"State of the Region" finds mixed results on equity. The third in a series of "State of the Region" reports by the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth has found mixed results on the issue of equity.

Age of Mars could be way off. Research by a UB planetary geologist suggests that generally accepted estimates about the geologic age of surfaces on Mars, which influence theories about its history and whether it once sustained life, could be way off.

Tribute to UB art grad to open Feb. 14. "Christine Marie Taber 1968-2000," work by a UB grad killed in a traffic accident, will open with a reception in the UB Art Gallery.

Detecting bioterror events. UB geographer Peter Rogerson is using disease cluster analysis to develop a system to detect bioterror or public-health events.

Six to be inducted into UB Athletic Hall of Fame. Three All-Americans will be among the inductees during the Feb. 21 awards dinner.